In the afternoon, on an old small street, the road surface was damp due to the overnight drizzle, exuding a faint smell of earth, the sound of car tires gripping the ground was very good, a crimson car stopped in front of a bar, the moment the window was lowered, a human head poked out of the car, a short light brown hair, slightly yellowed hair, a black nylon rope was worn on a slender neck, a small Grim Reaper carved in sterling silver fell on a slightly flat chest, her thin arm was raised, and she took off her brown sunglasses, and she glanced at the windowsill on the second floor, put his hands to his mouth, and whistled loudly.

Soon the balcony door on the second floor opened, and a shirtless young man walked out, looking down at Ai Mengmeng and her car.

"My brother is out."

Ai Mengmeng said, "Then you can open the door for me." ”

The young man said, "My brother said no. ”

Ai Mengmeng frowned: "We said okay, I brought it over, and it was in the car." ”

The young man looked like an adult when he didn't speak, but he was very immature when he spoke: "That's what my brother said, I don't know, or you can talk to him." ”

Ai Mengmeng sighed, took out her mobile phone from her trouser pocket, and dialed a number: "Hey, Bailong, I'm downstairs at your house, I brought it, your brother said you don't want it......"

The young man upstairs went back to the house and closed the balcony door. Ai Mengmeng glanced upstairs and said to the person on the phone: "It can't be lowered anymore, my profits are transparent, you know I don't make any money, I don't make much money in this industry now, my wine is guaranteed to be no problem, you go to the bar and ask, I have been in this industry for nearly ten years, and I have never had an accident!" Other people's prices are cheap, yes, he just entered this industry and didn't expect to make any money, he just wanted to make a reputation...... Rub, I sue you, the more you want to earn credibility, the more it means that he has no credibility...... Okay, okay, I'll give you another bottle for five dollars, come out, I've seen you uncle, uncle in a white shirt! ”

The balcony door opened again, and a bearded man walked out, wearing a white shirt with a dragon tattoo on his chest, he held his mobile phone and said with a smile: "Rub, your kid's eyes are really treacherous, my brother went downstairs to open the door for you." ”

Ai Mengmeng got out of the car and opened the trunk, and there was a small box of Royal Salute 21 years old, a total of six bottles, originally earned fifty yuan per bottle, but just now it dropped by five yuan, that is, forty-five yuan per bottle, a total of two hundred and seven. Bai Long's younger brother opened the iron door, and Ai Mengmeng walked in with the box and put it on the counter for him. Bai Long took a leather bag downstairs, opened the wine box, took out a bottle, and turned it upside down to see.

Ai Mengmeng said: "It's a total of two thousand six hundred and seven. ”

The white dragon said, "Two thousand six." ”

Ai Mengmeng snatched the wine bottle from his hand, put it in the wine box, and left without saying a word. Bai Long grabbed her arm from behind, and said with a smile: "Don't go, don't go, hehe, I'm joking with you, I said that you don't know how to tease, it's true." ”

Ai Mengmeng put the box on the ground, pinched her waist and said, "Hurry up and pay for it, don't grind." ”

Bai Long sighed and shook his head, and opened his purse: "Oh, why is it so hard to make money these days!" I know it's not easy for you, you said that if you followed me back then, how good it would be for the two of us to be one inside and one outside. He slapped a dozen dollars on Ai Mengmeng's chest.

Ai Mengmeng clicked it again, deliberately bluffed him and said, "One less!" ”

Bai Long said: "No way, I've ordered it upstairs several times!" Check it again! ”

Ai Mengmeng stretched out her hand and said, "Anyway, there is one less, so bring it." ”

The white dragon grabbed her hard, so that her chest was against his dragon tattoo sashimi: "If you fight with me, I'll give you another red one!" ”

"Play your way." Ai Mengmeng pushed him away, took the money and left.

She thought so, stuffed the money into her wallet, and drove the car slowly forward, she felt sore and weak, parked the car next to the small street, and rested on the steering wheel. Accidentally fell asleep, when she woke up, it was completely dark, and it was raining lightly outside, she lowered the car window, lit a cigarette, remembered the events of that day, her throat was a little tight, the tip of her nose was a little red, she quickly turned her face away, took a breath of fresh air outside the car window, and then took a hard puff of smoke, letting the spicy smoke float out of her nostrils.

There used to be two people in this world who were the best for her, one was her grandmother and the other was him.

Now, these two people are equivalent to not having zài...... She smiled sadly, turned the steering wheel, and turned the car around.

In fact, she stopped drinking from the day she started tinkering with fake foreign wine, she knew that there was no good wine in the bar, and it was all expensive, although those bosses bought very cheaply, but it was still sold at the price of real wine, otherwise it would not work, no one dared to drink, don't think that the bar owners are very profitable, they also have an existential crisis from time to time, because the rent has become more and more expensive over the years, and many bars have closed their doors in the fierce competition.

But she thought that whether the wine was real or not, it was originally hurtful, and when it was needed very much, as long as it could be intoxicating.

She came to the door of the little pigeon's shop and parked the car in the carport opposite. The little pigeon woman happened to pass by her car with a few lunch boxes, Ai Mengmeng got out of the car and said, "What dish?" ”

The woman with the little dove said, "There is meat, come." ”

Ai Mengmeng followed her into the bar and sat on the sofa at the door: "Boss, pour me a glass of whiskey." ”

The little pigeon heard this, came out of it, looked at her, took out a bottle of good wine from the counter shelf, poured her a glass, and placed it in front of her.

"What's wrong with you?"

Ai Mengmeng picked it up and took a big sip, looking at the lunch boxes on the table, there was a dish in each lunch box, sticky, and I couldn't tell what it was.

She said, "That's good." ”

The little pigeon sat across from her, broke a pair of handy chopsticks and handed it to her: "Eat something." ”

She took a few mouthfuls of food, but she couldn't taste anything, her mouth was bitter, and then she took a big sip of wine, and after two sips, the wine was gone: "Pour me some more, so stingy." ”

The little pigeon turned back to his woman and said, "Bring that collection and give it to her!" ”

Ai Mengmeng took the bottle, blew at the mouth of the bottle, and after blowing half of the bottle, she lay on the table and muttered nonsense, unable to hear what she said, only vaguely hearing two words, as if it was "senior".

"Senior", for people in this industry, this is a fucking obscure word. Only the little pigeon knows a little about her, and only a little. With Ai Mengmeng's character, she either doesn't talk about it, but if she wants to talk, she must be the first in the world, so the little pigeon guessed that she was not a top student at all, and there was once a tall and handsome boy who came here to find her.

I haven't seen any of her classmates since then, which means that she is average in school.

For Ai Mengmeng, there are no more seniors in the world, and this title has been sealed forever in her memory, and the innocent era and the youth without regrets have come to an end in her world.

In the early hours of the night, Ai Mengmeng woke up and found that there were many more customers around her, she was a little cold, wrapped her clothes tightly, waved casually to the little bartender at the bar, and walked away with the car keys.

She started the car and saw the little pigeon standing on the curb of the road with her shoulders crossed, she drove the car over and lowered the window: "Or the uncle will symbolically reward you with some wine money?" ”

The corner of the little pigeon's eyes immediately bloomed with a cluster of laugh lines: "Come on, big sister, your wallet is all picked up." As he spoke, he pulled a black wallet from his bosom and handed it to her.

"Oh, thanks." She opened her wallet to see if the dozen red bills were the same as when she had stuffed them in.

The little pigeon shook his head with a smile, raised a hand and said, "It's okay to come often." ”

Ai Mengmeng nodded, turned the steering wheel, and drove the car away.

The little pigeon doesn't buy her wine anymore, and his woman has ruined the delicate relationship between them after she appeared, but his woman didn't do anything wrong, Ai Mengmeng understands, women instinctively watch out for each other, she does it right is a little brainless, if Ai Mengmeng sees the little pigeon, then can she still take her turn.

Ai Mengmeng used the last bit of strength to walk into the corridor, leaned against the wall, and pressed the button. The state of these days reminds her of the people in the American drama The Walking Dead, sometimes she feels that the city is full of walking dead, making money to make ends meet, going home to sleep, this rhythm every day, the loveless life is really tiring and tiring, she doesn't know what she is living so tired for.

At the class reunion, many people are deliberately showing that they are not what they used to be, but she is not, although many classmates are not as good as her now, some people live in low-rent houses with thieves and thieves, and every day when the bus commutes, people are squeezed and deformed, and the psychology is also squeezed and deformed, at least she is also mixed with a small car, and a person provides a spacious building.

She surprised everyone, the Ai Mengmeng they imagined should be unorthodox now, and if she wants to be developed, she can only sell her appearance to others as a child, but she said very calmly that she sells wine, retail and wholesale, who wants to buy cheap wine, you can find me. But most of the classmates are thinking that she may be a disguise, but in fact, she may not be doing some bad work, and even Liu Xingchen is guessing that she may not be so down-to-earth.

A string of unfamiliar numbers flashed in the mobile phone, she picked it up, and a very timid voice came from the earpiece: "...... At the same table? ”

Her hands trembled violently, she could barely grasp the phone, and quickly replied: "It's me, are you Wu Jiao?" ”

"Yes, I'm Wu Jiao, ...... at the same table"

Then Ai Mengmeng heard the hidden sobbing on the other side of the phone.

Ai Mengmeng cleared her throat vigorously and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Jiao suppressed her choked up and said, "I can't contact Xingchen, do you know where he went?" ”

Stars...... At this moment, Ai Mengmeng felt that she should change, she had graduated for so many years, and there were still any seniors.

She asked, "How long have you been out of touch with him?" ”

Wu Jiao said a little anxiously: "It's been almost a week, he disappeared from the night of our dinner, he didn't go back to his parents' house that day, I called many classmates, there is really no one to ask......"

"I know." Ai Mengmeng interrupted her, such an explanation is redundant and embarrassing, but that person did come, not only did he come but also did an unforgivable thing, and now he must be absconding in fear of sin, and he feels that he has no face to see her. Wu Jiao's timid tone and the hoarse voice sounded very worried. Ai Mengmeng said: "You sleep well first, and I'll help you find him tomorrow." ”

Wu Jiao snorted with a "hmm", and then couldn't hold back anymore, crying on the other side of the phone: "Trouble you......"

"You are stupid, what is the trouble or not, don't cry, sleep well, don't worry, I will help you find him tomorrow." Ai Mengmeng also used the original method of coaxing her and said: "Laugh and hang up the phone." ”

Wu Jiao held the phone and smiled reluctantly, Ai Mengmeng seemed to see it, and said, "It's so ugly, laugh again." ”

Wu Jiao showed a slightly bigger smile this time, and Ai Mengmeng said, "Well, okay." So be it. ”

She hung up the phone, the elevator had come down from the top floor, she put away the phone and was about to walk in, just the moment the elevator door opened, she saw Liu Xingchen standing in the elevator, both of them were taken aback at that time, the blood on the corner of Liu Xingchen's mouth was a little dry, and there was a layer of dark purple scabs, the whole person looked very tired, the clothes were still the same as a few days ago, casual shirt with suit pants, and tie fell in Ai Mengmeng's house. Ai Mengmeng reacted for a few seconds, turned around and walked out, he took her into his arms and locked her firmly from behind. Ai Mengmeng was exhausted today, and the two of them tore in the corridor for a long time, and she finally gave up struggling.

He put his slightly stubble chin to her ear, and his snort from the cigarette smoke was there to gasp softly, and then he said to her, "Ai Mengmeng, I decided to be with you." ”

Ai Mengmeng thought he was delirious and was talking nonsense: "Where have you been, Wu Jiao is looking for you everywhere!" ”

He paused for a moment, still calm and rational, and said, "I won't marry her, I'm going to marry you." ”

Ai Mengmeng was stunned for a moment, and her heart was gradually ignited by anger: "No! ”

"What's wrong, we're not married yet! Do you have to get married if you are pregnant? This is completely cocooning, I don't approve of the Oriental concept of marriage! Even if we get married, a loveless family will not be happy, that's not responsible for the children, that will only create more social hooligans like you, I don't want to create little hooligans for the society, although I love you, Ai Mengmeng ......"

Ai Mengmeng tried hard to suppress her anger: "You listen to me, you must marry Wu Jiao, otherwise I will ......"

"Or you're going to kill me?"

He grabbed her wrist and circled it around her head like a waltz, and held her in front of him, still firmly locked in his hand: "Kill me, or let's die together." If you can't be together, then go to the rails together. He put his tired chin on her shoulder, forced her against the operating section of the elevator, lit up a row of numbers, and the elevator quickly flew up.

"Are you crazy, are you on drugs? You say, where have you been all these days? ”

"I've been to a lot of places, do you remember that little coffee house? It became a restaurant. And do you remember that rental saucer house? It has also been turned into a restaurant. Many of the bars and streets you mixed in have also been converted to open restaurants, and in the years I have been abroad, how have those places been changed to fucking restaurants! There's no room for memories! ”

Ai Mengmeng sneered and said, "Do you think that everything will wait for your return?" ”

He pulled her out of the elevator and stood in the hallway on the seventh floor: "That's not necessarily, but I know you're waiting for me, as long as you wait for me." ”

Ai Mengmeng smiled coldly: "I'm sorry, I wasn't waiting for you." ”

The hallway light was broken, and in the dark, he groped around her body, and finally found a bunch of keys, spun around a few times, and opened the door. Ai Mengmeng felt that he had completely changed, he was not so familiar in the past, he was more face-saving than he was now, and he was not so scoundrel in the past, but she thought, maybe those are all illusions, and now he is the real Liu Xingchen, and the "senior" is just a halo.

He got her into the house, closed the door, and sat on the couch with her in his arms, without turning on the light. He knew that the reason why Ai Mengmeng was negligent in resisting was because she was tired, and the other was because no one could change her mind, and she had always been like this. At this moment, although he has the upper hand in all aspects, he is still a poor beggar in front of her, for the matter between men and women, he can conquer her like an emperor, but for the matter of staying for life, he has no choice but to bow his head and beg.

"It doesn't matter if you're waiting for me or not, but I've created the fact that you're waiting for me." He laughed, boyishly showing off his strengths as a man, unbuttoning the collar of his shirt in two.

Ai Mengmeng turned her face and looked out of the dark window, from this angle you can see the half of the air conditioning box outside, seven or eight years, the air conditioner has never broken since he repaired it, but she has never been willing to turn it on, that will make her dependent, she doesn't want to rely on others, and she doesn't want to have a tie, she knows that people will face death alone, when that critical point comes, no one can accompany her to go away alone, thinking of her grandmother's reluctance when she was dying, she was terminally ill and refused to let go, and she has been lying in bed for more than half a year, all the bedsores festered, the doctor said that she couldn't wake up at all, her brain effusion was impaired to her speech nerves, hearing nerves and visual nerves, only the central nervous system that could feel the pain was not necrotic, people couldn't imagine what kind of pain she was suffering, but she kept shouting the word "Meng Meng" with her lips, at that time Ai Mengmeng realized a truth about life, and the soul can only walk alone.

Over the years, she has mixed up in society and has seen this unbreakable fact more clearly.

He said, "I'm going to take a bath, can you go get me some water?" ”

She didn't speak, she felt his hand slowly loosen a little, and before he let go completely, he said: "I sued you, if you want to kill me, you don't have to go to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife or pull out the phone line or anything, let's take a shower first, sleep well, and then I'll accompany you to the rails, and we'll both die together." He leaned into her ear and whispered, "Death will die together." ”